'As I Walked Out One Evening' - Auden

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'As I Walked Out One Evening' - Auden

Post by Linnea » 05-22-2010 02:43 PM

Whitley Strieber Tweets:

"Thinking tonight of the mysteries of love and time."

...and posts this link to Auden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIaAkKPJn_M

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Post by joequinn » 05-23-2010 06:23 PM

One of Auden's most brilliant --- and typical --- poems.

Here's the text:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15551
"Fuggedah about it, Jake --- it's Chinatown!"

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Post by cherry » 09-04-2010 12:39 PM


It was late, late in the evening,
The lovers they were gone,
The clocks had ceased their chiming,
And the deep river ran on ....


W. H. Auden
As I Walked Out One Evening


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